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We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Technologies and innovations to better understand changes in land use

Watch this discussion forum from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2014, in Lima, Peru, during COP20. Technology and big data are transforming the way we monitor forests and climate in a post-Kyoto world. But top-down data from remote sensing can have huge gaps and important limitations. This session discusses the limitations of remotely sensed and crowd-sourced data and their usefulness. Speakers:Frances SeymourSenior FellowCenter for Global DevelopmentGreg AsnerFaculty ScientistCarnegie Department of Global Ecology, StanfordMatthew HansenProfessorUniversity of MarylandSassan SaatchiSenior Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCrystal DavisSenior ManagerWorld Resources InstituteSaturday, 6 December 2014Global Landscapes Forum, Lima, Peru#COP20GLF #ThinkLandscapeFor more information go to: www.landscapes.org

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